Montag's Loss In Fahrenheit 451

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Montag has many regrets to being a firefighter when he realizes that his job should be the illegal one. Montag comes home after a tough day at working of having to watch a woman burn herself with her books, and he just breaks down and cries in his bed. Montag lays down in his bed and does not move for a very long time. “Montag said nothing and after a long while when he was only making small sounds, he felt [Mildred] move in the room and come to hid bed and stand over him and put her hand down to feel his cheek. He knew that when she pulled her hand away from his face it was wet.” (Bradbury 42) Montag had been lying in bed, crying because of all of the conflicting actions he had to take that day. Montag had had a rough day and crying showed

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